He is an Associate Professor at Fernando Pessoa University and a researcher at the Center for Population, Economy, and Society Studies. He was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1969. He studied History at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (1987-1991), where he completed a master’s degree in Medieval History in 1991-96 (The Wonder in the Portuguese Franciscan World of the Low Middle Ages, published in 1999), in the same college, where he later received his doctorate (1998-2004), with the thesis Movement of Franciscan Observance in Portugal (1392-1517, publ. 2010)). History, Culture and Heritage of an Experience of Religious Reform. He was, however, founder and scientific director of the Center for Franciscan Studies in Porto. He attended courses and training in religious history and heritage, particularly in the Franciscan universe, areas in which he continues to dedicate research in Portugal and the regions of Portuguese expansion, particularly in Asia. He is part of the Scientific Committee of Itinerarium (OFM Portugal) and the Editorial Board of Archivo Ibero-Americano (OFM Scientific magazine, Spain). Lecturer, researcher, curator, and publicist, he is a university professor, having taught at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (School of Arts and Faculty of Theology), as well as at the University of S. José (Univ. Católica) in Macau, China, where he lived until 2015. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, an Adjunct Professor at the Negeri (State) University of Malang (Indonesia), as well as a Visiting Professor at the University of St. Joseph in Macau and at the University of Diponegoro, in Semarang, also in Indonesia. He visited several archives and libraries in Europe and Asia, mainly the archives and library of the Vatican and the OFM, among others.